EWN presents: Our Thoughts on the Shield

Well boys, we have officially got our first taste of The Shield. What do you guys think of their interview with cole? Reply with your thoughts...

Personally for me, I had a really good feeling about these guys. I understand why the IWC is crazy about these guys. Although little about their actual purpose for kicking rybacks ass is known, I seriously believe this is the best combination of aces and 8s and the nexus. Dean Ambrose is one hell of a talker, and he didn't even say much. Rollins and ambrose have a lot of charisma. And I think reigns does a great job of being a badass enforcer.

Great to see them finally called up as WWE needs some fresh faces and glad to see them as a group. I just hope WWE does things right with them and not feed them to Ryback, Kane etc and break them up. So its just wait and see for me- I don't have a lot of faith in WWEs product anymore. Its not the wrestlers- it creative/Vince/Steph that I have no faith in

They look very promising indeed. In fact under Triple H's mandate that newly called up superstars have solid storylines in place for them, the new additions to the roster have been very promising.

Antonio Cesaro: Has been properly built up as being quite a powerhouse, not really needing the 'dislike for America' persona very much now, since people have realised that he can wrestle a good match. He might need something else to develop his character further though, hope they have it planned

Damien Sandow: Cole is doing a good job of putting over the intellectual saviour to the masses. Sandow staying in character well and being a good talker is how you should promote an aristocratic smart aleck, rather than Alberto Del Rio's quite one dimensional character.

The Shield: Ambrose looks and sounds like a very unhinged maniac, he will do great things. Would be quite funny to put Sandow and Ambrose in the same room, they act at opposite ends of the heel spectrum.
Rollins seems slightly more cocky and tactical, he could be the main brains of the group
Reigns definitely has presence. Better than the usual cookie-cutter muscle bound guys like Mason Ryan, there's an element of menace to his character.

personally i think you all need to share what your smoking, each individually i see A LOT of charisma looks and i'll say i don't know if they have talent but i'm willing to give them a go, but no i'm not buying another group, i don't care... it's YET another heel group... and even worse it's another heel group in service to Punk... we've been there done that, they are going to have to show me somehtign impressive that HASN'T been done to get me to buy into it. and it's a shame because i saw a metric crap load of charisma in that line up, we're looking at guys who very well could be the next HHH, HBK, and Nash (i included nash mostly because i needed 3) IF they can go, now y'all have said they can so i'll give you benefit of the doubt. but nope don't like the faction thing... it's tired, it's been done, and unless you can show me they will do it different i'm not buying. what WOULD give me that, make them be actually what they say they are, and have them interfere on a face's behalf, have them come out to stop someone from "stealing a victory" i would love to see a faction like this as a tweener faction but for now it's just another heel faction.

just because i didn't agree doesn't mean i didn't listen, it just means you were wrong. Now go away please.

Im excited for these guys to tear the ass of the locker room every week

I think you might need counselling. At the very least, a different choice of words.

OT: I expect that after much anticipatory moaning by the Indy Set about when they were going to debut, it won't be long before they're simply seen as, no longer guys from the bingo halls of indys, but firmly as WWE guys. As soon as that happens, the Indy Set will cast from their bosom these guys they hold so dearly, simply because of their origins and fix their eyes firmly onto the horizon again - the horizon of futures possible and expectations never met.

I think you might need counselling. At the very least, a different choice of words.

OT: I expect that after much anticipatory moaning by the Indy Set about when they were going to debut, it won't be long before they're simply seen as, no longer guys from the bingo halls of indys, but firmly as WWE guys. As soon as that happens, the Indy Set will cast from their bosom these guys they hold so dearly, simply because of their origins and fix their eyes firmly onto the horizon again - the horizon of futures possible and expectations never met.

You just wait. When the WWE boat gets overfull of guys from the indys, they will have lost their appeal. It was OK when it was just DB and Punk. The "You Sold Out!!" chants are just around the corner, I can feel it.